As construction continues to progress on the Finch West LRT project, Metrolinx officials say it’s likely the line connecting Finch West station and Humber College won’t be open to the public until the first half of 2024.

The latest news of the likely opening scenario for the 18-stop, 10-kilometre Finch West LRT comes after years of planning to have the LRT line done by the end of 2023.

However, there could be a bit of a positive note for those impacted by traffic delays. Officials told CityNews they’re confident heavy construction work will be done before the end of the year.

“In an ideal world, we’d like to get through the majority of the testing (and) commissioning throughout the fall and get that wrapped up, but the unknown when you do testing (and) commissioning is what are you going to find? What issues do you need to address? It’s never perfect. These are really complicated projects,” Andrew Hope, the chief capital officer for new rapid transit projects with Metrolinx, said during an interview with CityNews on Tuesday.

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